I'm curious about HN's opinion on this. He's generally right about over-complication, but he either lacks the understanding of just how much X hits his bullet

I'm curious about HN's opinion on this. He's generally right about over-complication, but he either lacks the understanding of just how much X hits his bullet points for bad software; or he wants to stick with the current ball of mud rather than add the complexity of migrating to something that will eventually be simpler (hopefully). I assume the former, but the later is an arguable position I happen to disagree with.